𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍 as a proverbial outcast and shunned girl-kisser in Hawkins has led Joanna Byers to be content with being alone. She goes to school, goes to work at Radio Shack, and then comes home to hang out with her brothers and her mom.

𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 her brother Will goes missing, she's led on a path she never could've expected.  Along the way, she teams up with Hawkins' resident good-girl Nancy Wheeler and Jo is forced to confront buried deep feelings.

𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫... 𝐣𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 "𝐣𝐨" 𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬

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𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐲𝐞𝐫... 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫

playlist

i. good luck, babe!, chappell roan | ii. fantastic, king princess | iii. to love a boy, maya hawke | iv. (you) on my arm, leith ross | v. garden song, phoebe bridgers | vi. she, dodie | vii. picture you, chappell roan | viii. would that i, hozier | ix. ivy, taylor swift | x. kiss me, sixpence non the richer | xi. head over heels, tears for fears | xii. my girl, the temptations | xiii. atomic, blondie | xiv. there she goes, the la's | xv. angel, madonna | xvi. silver springs, fleetwood mac

𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐯𝐞𝐞!

━━━ hi!! another story starting. i know it's a lot but i can't help myself i got too excited about this oc

━━━ content warning for violence, gore, unethical medicine, drugs, abuse, sexual content, and period typical homophobia. pls take note of that last one specifically bc even though it is not the whole focus, it is a big part of jo's relationship with hawkins, her dad, etc. none of it will get too graphic but i just wanted to emphasize it

━━━ this is gonna stick pretty close to canon but i also want to give jo her own storylines not only as a character, but also along with the upside down plot !

━━━ this is a fan work, so i only take credit for my own character, joanna byers and her own storyline.  other smaller original characters might show up as well. credit for stranger things goes to netflix and the duffer brothers

━━━ i literally realized how marceline and bubblegum coded that jo and nancy are while i was making the aesthetics and i had to include it bc it's literally them

━━━ dedications to milesmlovebot rkiives SammiPhoenix hothskies who expressed interest for this book/are my faves, as well as anybody else who supports the story! <3